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CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY, OF NEWr YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,355, dated October'7, 1884:.

Application filed June 7, 1884. (No model.) I

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnnrsrornnn C. Sani.- nv, of N ew York city, county,and State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspender-Ends; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to thefigures and letters of reference marked thereon.

Myinvention consists in certain improvements in means for formingtheloops or button-openings of that class of suspender-ends which arecomposed of tubular webbing or elastic, and it has for its objectparticularly to so secure or define the loops as that the means employedshall not be observable from the front.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front view, and Fig.2 a rear view, of a suspender-end in which the loops or button-holes areformed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is a detached view of aforni of fastening device which I in. some instances employ in securingthe parts of the webbing together to form the loop. Figs. 4, 5, and 6are views showing different stages in the operation of loop-forming.Fig. 7 is a sectionai view taken on the line x m of Fig. 2. Figs. 8 and9 are views of modified forms of fastening means. Fig. 10 is a sectionalView taken on theline y/ y, Fig. 8, Fig. l1, a sectional view taken online .e c', Fig. 9. Figs. l2 and 13 represent modified forms of thefastening means.

Similar' letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

-The letterAindicates the webbing ei' which suspender-ends are in themain composed. To form on these ends loops or button-holes such. asshown at c a, Figs. l and 2, afastener, B, consisting of a piece ofmetal terminating in prongs b b at one end and sharpened at the oppositecnd, c, isgrasped by the operator with one hand, and the parts of thewebbing to be formed into a loop are crossed, as indicated in Fig. 1i,and held in the other hand.

The sharpened or pointed end of the fastener Il is then driven throughthe inner portion of the enter part of the webbing, and its pronged partbent and made to embrace and partially overlap the other portion of thewebbing, as shown in said Fig. 5. The sharpened end of the fastener isthen clipped off by a suitable instrument at the point marked b', afterwhich the cut end is turned in over the uppermost portion of thewebbing, so as to inclose the same and abut against or stand in nearrelation to the pronged end ofthe fastener, as shown in Fig. 6.

The prongs on the ends of the fastener may bc dispensed with, ifdesired, so as to permit the inner part of the webbing to be slippedback and forth through the fastener, and thus enable the loop orbutton-opening to be made smaller or larger.

The fastener, instead of being formed with one extended sharpenedportion, may be'made with two such extended sharpened portions, and witha pronged end made of double width, as Vshown in Fig. l2, this formbeing applied by sticking both sharpened extensions through one of theparts of the webbing and cutting and turning them down in the samemanner as described with reference to Fig. 3.

Another form of fastener is shown in Figs. 8 and 13; and it consists ofa metal strip having sharpened ends, and applied so as to embrace theupper part of the webbing, and having its points turned toward eachother, and struck into the inner portion of the other part of thewebbing. (Shown in Figs. 8 and l0.)

Still another modification is shown in Figs. 9 and l0, and it consistsin forming the fastener of wire threads i', passed through the innerside of the outer piece of webbing and over the outside of the rearpiece of webbing, so as to inclose the latter. In this modification theinner piece of webbing is capable of being slipped back and forththrough the .fastening, so as to enlarge or reduce thesize of thebutton-opening.

In all of the forms of fastenings shown it will be observed that thecrossed webbing is secured by a bantl,\vhich is fastened into the inneror rear portion of one part of the webbing and incloses the other partof the webbing, the fastening means in neither case being observablefrom the front, but, on the contrary, being completely screened fromview.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new-- l. In asuspender-end, the combination of the webbing or elastic, crossed toform a loop, with a fastener for defining the loop and hold- S3 f i366,355

ing the parts v0i' the webbing crossed, consistthe parts of the webbing0r elastic or tubular y ing of a bund passed through the inner side ofbraid, Crossed as described, of the fastener B,

the outer piece of webbing, so as to be invisiconstructed with theprongs b I, as described. 1o

ble from the front, and also passing behind CHRISTOPHER C. SHELBY. v5Athe rear piece 0f webbing and inelosing the Witnesses:

same, substantially as described. L. EDGAR ARON,

2. In asuspender-end, the conibination,with EDWARD J. KRUG, J r.

